Bottle crate



March 26, 1935. R, sTbD DARD BOTTLE CRATE Filed April 12, 19:53

INVENTOR BY 7??M1U ATTORNEY I Patented Mar. 26; 1935 g 1 invention relates to crates of that class crate may be strength i of. the walls, and

i rack retainingwgrooves with'thei insertion or removal'ofthe bottles;

crate partly broken away.

which are provided with bottle racks arranged in' the bottom of the crate to separate the bottles and to-holdpthemiinupright position.

;, -1The principal objects of the invention areito retain the rack rigidly but removably'in the crate, to 'reenforcethe partitions forming the rack, and to protectflthe ends 'of-the partitions: against damage during use of the crate. 1 Further objects of the invention are to" provide the wallsofthe crate with retaining grooves Eior receiving the ends of the rack partitions and without extending. these grooves fromthe bottom 'to' the: top of the crate and thereby reducingithe without requiring that. the walls be. thickened from the bottomito the top :of "the crate to receive the grooves; to "con fine the rack retaining grooves :to :sections ofithe' walls at .the ends. of the 'partitions; tovform the between projections onsections'of the walls ofthe crate without reducing the capacityof the crate or requiring'its enlarge; ment and'without' presenting obstructions, which. would .beliablet'o damage the-bottles or interfere and. to 'bra'c'e the crate at'it's. corners toincrease' the strength and sturdines's' of the crate'.,ir: f. In the accompanying drawing in which I have shown a preferred embodiment of the. invention Fig; '1 "is a perspective view "of my improved the crate.

24519111613 Plan view of Fig; 3 is a'sectional-view on the line Fig.2; a r "4' is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig 2.2

'Referringitotheldrawing, theside walls of" the. crate comprise sections fi; 6 land 37 andithe'end walls .compriseasections fi. and 9. The'side and end walls are joined together at their corners by suitable reeniorcing angle members 10 which are secured to the walls by rivets 11 or other suitable fastening means. The end sections 8 are provided with hand holes grip devices. i v i 1 I 1 The sections of the sideand end walls of the and preferably are of uniform thickness except that the sections 6 of the side walls and the sections 9 of the" end walls are provided with inward projections 13 arranged in pairs and spaced apart to form grooves 14., These projections may be integral with the sections or they may be made separate and fastened to the sections. Projections 15 at the side edges of the end sections 9 abut the side walls of the crate and 12 or other suitable rate and also tie the end bar 19 3 extends across thereby and located directly above the cross while the other partitions will crate atitscorners'and add materially to the strength and sturdiness'of the crate; I prefer 5 that the joints between the sections, in theerid H walls of the crate-should not match either of the,

joints between the crate. I t

" Rods l'l" extend through the end wallsv of the crate and their ends 18are riveted or otherwise secured on the outer faces" ofthe' end walls; These'rods 'form 'the'suppo'rtsfor bottles in the iwalls together. the crateand' is secured l by rivets20 to the side walls of the crate. The rods 17 extend through the "cross bar and are supported and heldin proper spaced relati'ori' the crossbaralso ties the sidewalls of thecratetogethenf 1- e "The rack consists of partitions 21 extending from' end. wall to end wall'and partitions 22,22 extending from sidewall to sidewallgthe partitions -beir'ig-interlockedf where they cross one another to unify the sections in the side wallsof:

I bar-l9 and thereforethispartition is'of less depth partitions so that it will rest "union the cross bar rest upon the rods and all .of the partitions will 'lie in the same 3 plane at their upper edges. I The grooves "14 are width to receive the ends Qffth e rack partitions'and permit -the"rack to be freely in serted 1n and removed from the crate, but the projections'13 which formtheside walls ofthe grooves retainf-and'ireenforceFthe 'ends ofthe partitions andprotect 'them from damage during use of theorate. 3 j The projections "onthe' walls of the crate are located at corners of compartments formed'by the rack and they do notreduce the capacity of the crate orrequire enlargement of the crate and the compartments in which these projections are located are capable of receiving round bottles of the same diameter as thosecompartments of the rack which have no projections. And since I the projections are located at corners of the compartments they are out of the path of movement of the bottles when being insertedin and removed from the crate and, therefore, do not ob- The sections of the walls of the crate are preferably flush on the outer faces ,of the, walls and except for the projections on 'thesecthan the other t v I struct or. otherwise interfere with, these move-. 1; ments and are not in. a position to damage the- -bottles.

, time 6 and 9.,the sections are also" flush on the inner faces of the sections 6 and9tare other sections: exce maybe integral with the sections- 6 and9 orwalls. In other words, the

' they may be made separate and fastened thereto.

loading or unloading; the crate.

and protect the ends of the crate or in taining means not only-secure the rack. in place, of the partitions. but they 7 to be easily removed for repair-or replacement.

- V -I have shown-the invention as embediettm a' milk bottle, c rvate with crate being v spaced belbiv pi'ojections whieh any "way interfe i g he. rack -,r e-

inserted "and I corners. of the er ate to re'enforce the crate, the projections 'onthe re-' specti've walls of said 

